South Africans are going green to escape incessant power cuts

South Africans are going green to escape incessant power cuts
Photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of a house in Johannesburg. (Image: Bloomberg)
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By Adelaide Changole and Antony SguazzinThe Tingala lodge is about a six-hour drive northeast of Johannesburg, where the savanna is dotted with dense clusters of trees and shrubs. Located in a nature conservancy, the lodge is popular with visitors looking to tour nearby Kruger National Park. But unrelenting energy cuts have made running the business a continual challenge. “When the power goes off, the toilets don’t work, the showers don’t work and that is a major interruption,” said 80-year-old owner Tom Joubert.Sou...

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